Orange Candy Cake

• 1/2 lb. butter or margarine
• 2 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 3 1/2 c. plain flour
• 1 tsp. rum flavoring
• 1 box pitted dates, chopped (8 oz.)
• 1 lb. orange candy slices, chopped
• 1 small can grated coconut
• 2 c. chopped pecans
• 1 c. frozen orange juice, undiluted
• 1 c. powdered sugar

1. Cream butter and sugar; add beaten eggs, one at a time. Dissolve soda in buttermilk; add to creamed mixture alternately with flour, reserving 1 cup flour.ttir mixture after each addition;
2. add flavoring.
3. Stir reserved
4. flour
5. over
6. chopped fruits, candy and nuts.
7. Mix well;told
8. into
9. cake
10. mixture. Place in floured and greased tube pan;
11. bake
12. at
13. 300u0b0
14. for
15. 3 hours.
16. Mix orange juice and sugar;
17. pour
18. over hot cake while it is still in pan.
19. Cool cake thoroughly before removing from pan.

butter, sugar, eggs, soda, buttermilk, flour, rum flavoring, dates, orange candy slices, grated coconut, pecans, orange juice, powdered sugar

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=655230 (may not work)